What is the primary role of data tags in a cloud environment?

To replace the need for encryption

To provide a visual warning to users about data sensitivity

To enable automated policy enforcement based on data attributes

To increase the storage capacity of the cloud environment

Which of the following is a key element to capture during the data mapping process?

The brand of the storage hardware

The data flow between systems and applications

The number of users accessing the data

A multinational corporation is planning a data mapping exercise. The goal is to identify all storage locations of customer personal data, the systems that process it, and the data flows between them. The corporation has a complex environment with on-premises databases, cloud storage, and SaaS applications. Which approach is most effective for this task?

Interview data owners and ask them to report their data flows

Manually document all systems and data flows in a spreadsheet

Use automated discovery tools to scan systems and generate a data map

Review network diagrams to infer data flows

What is the primary purpose of a data classification policy in a cloud environment?

To assign a unique owner to every data asset

To define the levels of sensitivity and the rules for handling data based on those levels

To list all data storage locations used by the organization

To automatically encrypt all data stored in the cloud

A cloud service provider wants to automatically apply different retention policies to data objects based on their sensitivity. They have already defined classification levels. What should they implement to enable this automation?

Data classification policy document

Data tagging with metadata indicating classification

Data labeling with visible marks

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Domain 2Objective 5

Plan and Implement Data Classification CCSP Practice Questions (Page 6)

Part of the Cloud Data Security domain, which accounts for 20% of the CCSP exam. ISC2 does not publish an official question count, but from its 180-minute exam (~70–120 total, ~14–24 in this domain), expect 2–3 from this objective — we provide 32 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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28application · medium
A multinational corporation is planning a data mapping exercise. The goal is to identify all storage locations of customer personal data, the systems that process it, and the data flows between them. The corporation has a complex environment with on-premises databases, cloud storage, and SaaS applications. Which approach is most effective for this task?
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What is the primary purpose of a data classification policy in a cloud environment?
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30application · medium
A cloud service provider wants to automatically apply different retention policies to data objects based on their sensitivity. They have already defined classification levels. What should they implement to enable this automation?
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